Once plugged in, the OMG cable essentially creates a Wi-Fi hotspot to allow a remote user to connect to it. When connected, that person can use an online interface that comes with the cable to record ...

Motherboard recently wrote about just such a tricky little product, sold by cybersecurity company Hak5 and dubbed the “OMG cable” after its inventor, security researcher MG. The cord ...

The OMG Cables will be sold at Hak5, for around $100. The site describes the product as “a highly covert malicious USB cable—as soon as the cable is plugged in, it can be controlled through ...

A new and upgraded version of a malicious Lightning cable that can steal user data and remotely send it to an attacker illustrates the threat of untrusted accessories. The OMG Cable, which looks ...

Think of it as a BadUSB device, like the USB Rubber Ducky from Hak5, but one that you can remote control. It is the ultimate way into a system, and all anyone has to do is plug a random USB cable ...

The OMG Cable will go up for sale on Hak5 and will be priced at USD 100. (Representational image) Borrowing smartphone cables come with their own dos and don’ts. Now its dangers have escalated ...

MG first tested it in 2019 and since then, it collaborated with Hak5 to produce more of them ... aware of the circulating new version of the OMG cable. In an interview with the publication ...

MG told Motherboard. MG has already started to mass-produce the OMG cable and sell it through the hacking community shop Hak5 — ostensibly for security research purposes rather than anything ...

"It pairs well with the self-destruct feature if an OMG Cable leaves the scope of your engagement and you do not want your payloads leaking or being accidentally run against random computers," MG ...

Vice reports that Apple did not respond to a request for comment about the new OMG cables ... 140 from Hak5, so think long and hard before you ask to borrow a stranger’s charging cable.

Cable Has Arrived OMG ... 'O.MG Cable' cannot be used for firmware application or setting with a single cable, so it is necessary to purchase a 'cable body' and a 'program kit' for setup.

I didn’t think I would be scared of a USB cable until I went to Def Con. But that’s where I first learned about the O.MG Cable. Released at the notorious hacker conference, the Elite cable ...